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Countries Visited	Date	Cost from New York including flights	Tour Code
Israel (Second Timers)	August 11-24, 2007	$2770 + $150 Registration fee	IST110807

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Saturday, August 11, 2007
Depart the US for Israel

Sunday, August 12, 2007 (D)
Shalom and welcome to Israel
Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport and meet your Tour Educator
Ascend to Jerusalem and say Shehehianu at a vantage point overlooking the city.
Drive to Mt Zion and King David's tomb founder of the city.
Descend the Western Hill to the City of David.
Walk the Hezekiah Tunnel.
Enjoy a spiritual visit to the Western Wall.
Overnight: Jerusalem

Monday, August 13, 2007 (B, D)
Visit the David Citadel museum. View the Old city from top of Fazael Tower. Visit the model of Jerusalem as it was in the Second Temple Period and the 19th Century model.
Walk the Old City Wall Promenade from Jaffa Gate to Zion Gate.
Enter the Jewish Quarter through the Zion Gate as generations of Jewish Warriors have.
Explore the Jewish Quarter taking in highlights such as the Cardo, the Broad Wall, the Hurva Synagogue, the Burnt House and the Southern Wall Excavations.
Tonight enjoy a unique Jerusalem by night tour including the Western Wall Tunnels (pending confirmation).
Overnight: Jerusalem

Tuesday, August 14, 2007 (B, D)
Today descend from Jerusalem deep into the desert to Mitzpe Ramon.
After a stop at the Mitzpe Ramon Visitors Center, we climb into jeeps for a tour into the Ramon Crater a unique geological formation that exists only in Israel.
This afternoon enjoy a nature hike through Ein Avdat Desert Oasis and to Avdat, the greatest Nabatean city in the Negev.
Visit Sde Boker and Ben Gurion's grave where you will discuss his vision of turning the desert green.
Tonight enjoy a Bedouin Hafla (feast).
Overnight: Spend the night in a Bedouin tent in the desert.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 (B, D)
This morning we depart for Eilat.
Stop at the Red Canyon for a hike and its amazing shades of sandstone.
Arrive in Eilat and head out to enjoy snorkeling along the spectacular coral reefs.
Tonight we enjoy an evening cruise and dinner on the Red Sea.
Overnight: Eilat

Thursday, August 16, 2007 (B, D)
Full day at leisure or choose to join a one-day tour to Petra in Jordan (extra costs).
Overnight: Eilat.

Friday, August 17, 2007 (B, Shabbat-D)
Depart Eilat to Tel Aviv via the Arava Valley.
Arrive in Tel Aviv in time to enjoy a stroll through Nahalat Binyamin, Tel Aviv's colorful open-air bazaar in the Yemenite Quarter.
Overnight: Tel Aviv

Saturday, August 18, 2007 (B, L, D)
Shabbat at leisure in Tel Aviv
Enjoy a party at the Yekev Club at the Rishon Le Zion Carmel Wine cellars
Overnight: Tel Aviv

Sunday, August 19, 2007 (B, D)
Start the day with a visit to Independence Hall.
Continue to Rechovot for a tour of the Ayalon Institute, the Hagana's underground munitions factory during the War of Independence.
Drive up the coast to visit Caesarea
On to Atlit, where you will visit the British prison camp where Jewish "Illegal" immigrants were held after trying to enter the country. Follow the escape route of the prisoners by hiking up the Carmel Mountain. End your hike at Ha'Etzba cave, a pre-historic cave.
Head for Haifa and view the magnificent Bahai Gardens and panoramic view of Haifa Bay.
Overnight: Haifa

Monday, August 20, 2007 (B, D)
Depart Haifa for the Crusader city of Akko. Explore the Knight's Halls and the secret escape passage of the Crusaders. Visit the British prison where Jewish fighters were held.
Continue to the Rosh Hanikra sea grottos.
Visit the beautiful 4th century synagogue at Baram with it remarkable stone facade and center gate.
Head to Zfat, city of Kabbalah to visit the artists' galleries and synagogues.
Overnight: Upper Galilee

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 (B, D)
Head to the Dan Springs for a hike and continue with a visit to Tel Dan.
Drive to Kalat Nimrod, a fortress in the Northern Golan built by Crusaders but taken over and fortified by the Muslims.
Enjoy a tour and wine tasting at the Golan Winery near Katzrin.
This afternoon arrive at Kfar Blum for a kayaking adventure on the Jordan River.
Overnight: Upper Galilee

Wednesday, August 22, 2007 (B, D)
Leave the kibbutz and stop at Beit Alpha to explore the unique mosaic floor of the synagogue.
Enjoy a swim at nearby Sachne.
Ascend to Jerusalem via the Jordan valley.
Free time in Jerusalem.
Overnight: Jerusalem

Thursday, August 23, 2007 (B, D)
Visit Yad Vashem, the Memorial to the martyrs of the Holocaust.
Continue to Mt. Herzl and the graves of Herzl, Rabin and other Zionist and Israeli luminaries.
Spend time at the Israel Museum and see the Model of Jerusalem, formerly located at the Holyland Hotel, the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Shrine of the Book.
Make a farewell visit to the Kotel.
We re-cap our trip at Mini-Israel and enjoy a farewell dinner.
Depart for Ben Gurion Airport and our flight to the US.

Friday, August 24, 2007
Shalom U'lehitraot.

           

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